My Boyfriend Is a Bear is the new graphic novel from the creative team of
writer Pamela Ribon (Moana, Ralph Breaks the Internet) and Portland artist
Cat Farris (The Last Diplomat, Flaccid Badger). This sweet and surreal
romance between outdoorsy protagonist Nora, who ha...
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Phil Proctor co-founded the legendary Firesign Theatre comedy troupe over
50 years ago, and has never slowed down since. Best known for his
contribution to such groundbreaking albums as How Can You Be In Two Places
at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All, he's also a ve...
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Jason Lutes is a dogged comics storyteller. His previous graphic novel Jar
of Fools was serialized for years in Seattle's Stranger newspaper before
being collected in book form. Now comes the 600-page magnum opus Berlin, a
sprawling tale of urban struggle in Germany du...
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Celebrate Words and Pictures' 15th anniversary on the air with a visit from
Drawn to Berlin author Ali Fitgerald!
Drawn to Berlin follows Ali's encounters with Syrian youth, as
she teaches comics workshops at a makeshift refugee center in Germany and
hears personal stor...
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Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore grew up loving comics and science
fiction, and have expanded both genres to address pressing issues of race
relations, gentrification, and aging.
Ben creates comic stories for The Nib as well as such graphic novels as
Your Black Fri...
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Comics conventions are hotbeds of community-building for all flavors of
fandom. But in The Long Con, an apocalyptic event turns convention-goers
into an unlikely band of survivors. Co-writer Ben Coleman and illustrator
Emilee Denich join us and share the true-life tale...
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John Callahan was the most unlikely of cartoonists, a quadriplegic who was
only able to grip a pen after extensive physical therapy. Yet he became a
comics phenomenon, transforming personal and cultural demons into abrasive
yet hilarious single-panel gags that earned hi...
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